A time to rock : a social history of rock-and-roll / David P. Szatmary.
| Author/creator | Szatmary, David P., 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1996. |
| Description | xvi, 367 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Social history of rock and roll |
| Contents | The blues, rock-and-roll, and racism. The birth of the blues ; From the rural south to the urban north ; Muddy Waters and Chicago R & B ; The wolf ; Other chess discoveries ; The independent sweepstakes ; The R & B market ; From R & B to rock-and-roll: Little Richard and Chuck Berry ; Social change and rock-and-roll ; Racist backlash ; The music industry vs. rock-and-roll ; The blanching of rock ; The story of Arthur "big boy" crudup -- Elvis and rockabilly. Rockabilly roots ; The rockabilly sound ; Sun Records and Elvis ; "The killer" ; "Blue suede shoes" ; Johnny Cash ; The sun rockabilly stable ; The Decca challenge ; Rockabilly sweeps the nation ; The selling of Elvis Presley ; Reactions against the Presley mania ; Elvis goes to Hollywood -- Dick Clark, Don Kirshner, and the teen market. Lost idols ; The booming teen market ; Dick Clark and American Bandstand ; Clark's creations ; The Payola investigation ; Don Kirshner takes charge ; The sounds on the streets ; The girl groups ; The dream -- Surfboards and hot rods: California, here we come. The new American empire ; Surfing U.S.A. ; The sound of surf ; The Beach Boys ; Jan and Dean ; Drag city -- Bob Dylan and the new frontier. Songs of protest ; The folk revival ; Civil rights on a new frontier ; Bob Dylan: the music of protest ; Joan Baez ; The singer-activists ; Dylan's disenchantment ; Folk-rock -- The British invasion of America. The mods, the rockers, and the Skiffle craze ; The early Beatles ; Manager Brian Epstein ; The toppermost of the poppermost ; The Beatles invade America ; The Mersey beat ; The Monkees ; The British blues invasion and the Rolling Stones ; The Stones turn raunchy ; Success ; The Who ; The blues onslaught -- Motown: The sound of integration. Motown: the early years ; Civil rights in the Great Society ; The sound of integration ; The Supremes on the assembly line ; The Motown stable -- Acid rock. The beats ; The reemergence of the beats: the New York connection ; The Haight-Ashbury scene ; The hippie culture ; Acid rock: the trip begins ; Rock-and-roll revolution ; The decline and fall of hippiedom -- Fire from the streets. Soul music ; Black soul in White America -- Militant blues on campus. Campus unrest ; The psychedelic blues ; Heavy metal ; The rebirth of the blues ; Woodstock and the end of an era -- Soft sounds of the seventies. Miles ahead ; Classical rock ; Back to the country ; Seventies folk -- The era of excess. The "me" decade ; Elton John ; Heavy-metal theater ; Funk from outer space ; Disco ; Corporate rock -- Punk rock and the new generation. New York punk ; The Sex Pistols and British punk ; Rock against racism ; The Jamaican connection: reggae and ska ; The independent labels ; Right-wing reaction ; The decline of punk ; The post-punk explosion -- I want my MTV. MTV and the video age ; The new romantics ; MTV goes electro-pop ; MTV and Michaelmania ; The Jackson legacy ; Pop goes the metal -- The promise of rock-and-roll. The boss ; The benefits ; The compact disc ; Children of the sixties ; Country boomers -- The generation X blues. The hardcore generation ; Thrash metal ; Grunge ; The rap attack. |
| Abstract | Rock music did not spring up full grown from Elvis's snarled lip in 1956 ... it was something in the air, as rhythm and blues, jazz and swing, country-western, and pop musics all blended in an atmosphere of new social expansion. African-Americans were demanding social equality, and slowly achieving their demands; radio, records, and television were bringing new styles of music into the home; and an entirely new class of people were searching for their own culture, whether it be musical, fashion, or literary. And so a boy born in a shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, raised in the slums of Memphis, Tennessee, could react to all these changes and bring forth something entirely new: and they called it rock and roll. In the '60s, the fight for integration led to the Civil Rights Movement and social protest songs; the Cold War led to Vietnam; Beatniks became hippies; and four mop-topped lads from Liverpool saved rock and roll from being just a pop movement, giving it new meaning and depth. Peace and happiness; hippies and drugs; flower power; the summer of love... and the greatest tribal gathering of all time, Woodstock ... all encapsulate the spirit of the '60s. And this spirit was itself communicated through song. The '70s, the '80s, the '90s ... all have their own beat. Think disco and platform shoes; punks and new wave; rap and grunge. For every generation, a new sound; a new way of looking, seeing, dressing, being. Heralded by music. Whatever the name, it's all rock and roll. From swivelled hip to hip hop; from blue suede shoes to a sequined glove. There is music that runs throughout these years that defines and gives meaning to what otherwise would be impossible to describe. This book traces this development through the key players, movers, and shakers in rock and roll. It is a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at rock and how it affects and is affected by the social trends of its time. |
| General note | Originally published as: Rockin' in time : a social history of rock and roll / David P. Szatmary. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1987. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-361) and index. |
| LCCN | 96007915 |
| ISBN | 0028646703 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3534 .S96 1996 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |